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A Complete Enough Archive of Matchstick Cats webcomics

by: O'Carroll, Neal; Neal from Ireland; Neal Ireland; Neal O'Carroll

Publication date: 2025-05-14
Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
Topics: cats, cat, pet, pets, funny, dialogue, stick, figure, funny,, furry, critters, feline, kitties, kitty, comic, webcomics, webcomic, humor, hmour, cats, cat, pet, pets, funny, dialogue, stick, figure, Irish wit and humor, Irish wit and humour, amateur humor, funny, comics, dialogue, pet humor, cat humor, cartoon, created in MS Paint, comic strips, comic strip
Language: English
Rights: Uploaded by Neal O'Carroll, creator and owner of Matchstick Cats comics.
Item Size: 341.5M

Please scroll down for episode titles and dates.

These comics can be read casually in any order or indeed not read at all. Matchstick Cats is a dialogue heavy, stream of consciousness, humorous stick figure cat webcomic b vision impaired amateur humourist and long time podcaster (Into Your Head podcast, also preserved on Archive dot org) Neal O'Carroll, (also known as Neal Ireland or Neal from Ireland)

As of 2026 The comic is still ongoing at MatchstickCats.com, and Each comic is genrerally uploadaed here on day of creation, which is sometimes a day or two in before it's publication on my website.

CORRECTIONS:
Comics with "f" or "fx" or "fixed" appended to the name - for example matchsitckcats143fx.png - are replacements uploaded after fixing a minor typo or error and deleting the original.

Originaly created in 2004, Matchstick Cats webcomic, like the podcast, has evolved slowly over the years and the early episodes (up to around number 420) are best forgotten. Scroll to the bottom for history and more.

It is suggested that new readers start at episode 500 or later.

Matchsick Cats 418: Re-emergence
(first episode after a multi year hiatus. The cats, who were previously on a glaring white background, were now inverted and placed onto a black backdrop due to sigtt loss). The template would be cleaned up over the next few dozen episodes.

(The next several episodes from March & April 2021 were originally posted to Facebook, before a newly revived website e,erged in late April)

Matchsitck Cats 419: Philip with Two “L”s

420: Smell my Name

421: Something’s Changed

422: The Pink Panther Scandal

423: Multi-tasking in the Litter Tray

424: Where Kittens come From

425: Word Count

426: Before the Big Bang

427 The Truth about Fish Stocks

428: Baby Hitler

429: Cats in Cars

430: Judge Judy’s Stenographer

431: Arable Zoology

432: The Cornflake Woman

433: Tag-teaming the Dog

434: Doolittle’s Downfall

435: Rumpelstilskin

436: Best Laid Scams

437: McCauley’s Voice Broke

30 April 2021

438: Henry Ford and the Chicken Soldier

3 May 2021

439: The Religious Guy with the Hair

3 May 2021

440: How Australians see Trees

4 May 2021

441: Audience Ailments

5 May 2021

442: Revisiting Mother Teresa

6 May 2021

443: The Upstairs Bus Driver

8 May 2021

444: Breaking Cat

8 May 2021

445: Owl versus Superman

9 May 2021

446: Nostradamus on Cat Evolution

10 May 2021

447: Remembering the Crash

11 May 2021

448: That 2D Stuff

16 May 2021

449: The Yeti

20 May 2021

450: Truth is your Faeces

21 May 2021

451: The Bee Keeper

22 May 2021

452: Turning Heads

22 May 2021

453: Litigation

23 May 2021

454: Dark Vadar

24 May 2021

455: Justin’s Right Eye

25 May 2021

456: The Oracled the Hunchback of Notre Dame

26 May 2021

457: Bootstraps

28 May 2021

458: Talking to Plato

29 May 2021

459: Where Puppets Come From

29 May 2021

460: Philip’s Sixteen Sons

31 May 2021

461: Let’s Get Tails

1 June 2021

462: Placebo Stationery

4 June 2021

463: Frankenstein versus Icarus

6 June 2021

464: The Toilet Attendent

7 June 2021

465: Cling Film Therapy

8 June 2021

466: Vaccines and Rashers

9 June 2021

467: Going Cartoonish

13 June 2021

468: Goldilocks and the Duplicat

16 June 2021

469: The Fallout Shelter

18 June 2021

470: Benedict Humperdinck

18 June 2021

471: Freddie Mercury’s Cat’s Lawyer

19 June 2021

472: Cooking for Neil Armstrong

19 June 2021

473: The Chess Game

20 June 2021

474: Zombie Dalai Lama

23 June 2021

475: Not Eating Woodstock

24 June 2021

476: Your own personal Professor Stephen Hawking

29 June 2021

477: Playing the Face

30 June 2021

478: The [redacted] about [redacted] at the [redacted]

2 July 2021

479: The Hovering Ambulance

5 July 2021

480: The Miracle of the Sun and the Third Eye

5 July 2021

481: The First Knife

6 July 2021

482: Archduke Ferdinand

7 July 2021

483: Character Development Masterclass

10 July 2021

484: De Rigueur

11 July 2021

485: The Fly Underpass

12 July 2021

486: Egregore

17 July 2021

487: Health and Safety

19 July 2021

488: Not Calcutta

19 July 2021

489: Not Grand Theft Auto

20 July 2021

490: The Polling Station

24 July 2021

491: Whizzer and Chips and Tobacco

24 July 2021

492: George Lucas is not god, Philip

25 July 2021

493: The Insider

26 July 2021

494: The Sky Walker

27 July 2021

495: Genetically Modified Crayfish

2 August 2021

496: Long Story Short

3 August 2021

497: Beggars can’t be Choosers

4 August 2021

498: Big Bird’s Setback

7 August 2021

499: The Sh*t is a Metaphor

8 August 2021

500: Belvis Plays Belvis

9 August 2021

501: What about Saturn?

10 August 2021

502: The New Thing

10 August 2021

503: The Stand-in

11 August 2021

504: The Oscar Schindler Challenge

14 August 2021

505: The Opposite of an Exorcist

14 August 2021

506: The False Alarm

16 August 2021

507: The Echo Chamber

17 August 2021

508: Philip’s Mojo

17 August 2021

509: Watching for Two

20 August 2021

510: The Ultimate Flight Simulator

21 August 2021

511: The Eggs Guy Thing

22 August 2021

512: Batman’s Question

23 August 2021

513: Just like Riding a Bike

26 August 2021

514: Reinventing the Arena

27 August 2021

515: Other People’s Moons

28 August 2021

516: The Self Own

29 August 2021

517: Tested on Animals

1 September 2021

518: Three Simultaneous Spidermans

2 September 2021

519: The Motion

4 September 2021

520: ABBAtoir

4 September 2021

521: The Style Guide

8 September 2021

522: The Fall Guys

9 September 2021

523: The Spoiler

9 September 2021

524: Borrowing a Mona Lisa

11 September 2021

525: Antique Time Machines

12 September 2021

526: The Attenborough Giraffe

13 September 2021

527: The Global Hallway

14 September 2021

528: The Developing Storyline

17 September 2021

529: Break Wind for “Yes”

19 September 2021

530: Loosening the Soil

20 September 2021

531: The Virologist

21 September 2021

532: Dead Horse Illusion

27 September 2021

533: Bear School

4 October 2021

534: The Data Centre

5 October 2021

535: Better Sell Caul

7 October 2021

536: The Antagonist

9 October 2021

537: The Frog Chorus

13 October 2021

538: The Talk

20 October 2021

539: Train Woman

27 October 2021

540: Futures in Office Furniture

29 October 2021

541: The Mask

30 October 2021

542: The Sylvestor McCoy Biopic

7 November 2021

543: The Arbychairer

14 November 2021

544: Walter Kittens

20 November 2021

545: Bathwater

21 November 2021

546: Cursing versus Swearing

28 November 2021

547: Cake and Crucifixion

1 December 2021

548: Creative Indifferences

3 December 2021

549: No, that was Ronald Reagan

12 December 2021

550: The Dissociative Episode

28 December 2021

551: Hairy New Year

31 December 2021

552: After Hairy

5 January 2022

553: The Agenda

13 January 2022

554: Nobody Checks

20 January 2022

555: The Pissantrist

22 January 2022

556: Dante Mashed the Buttons

27 January 2022

557: The Scab

30 January 2022

558: Hypothethenuse

3 February 2022

559: How to Cure Migraines

6 February 2022

560: Fist Fights and a Pig

11 February 2022

561: At Your Ten O’Clock

13 February 2022

562: The Heckle

17 February 2022

563: The Street Name

20 February 2022

564: The Buffer

25 February 2022

565: The Resignation

26 February 2022

566: I’ll Get Right on to Hertz

2 March 2022

567: The Perry Mason Drill

9 March 2022

568: World Wars III through V

12 March 2022

569: The Effigy

19 March 2022

570: Munching the Numbers

25 March 2022

571: Timmy got Stuck down the Well

28 March 2022

572: The Road to Hell

2 April 2022

573: Name Twelve Kardashians

5 April 2022

574: The Pet Elephant

12 April 2022

575: Last Supper Catering

16 April 2022

576: Gout Club

20 April 2022

577: The Blimp

30 April 2022

578: The Communal Crane

9 May 2022

579: The Scoop

16 May 2022

580: The Windbreak Giveaway

18 May 2022

581: The Second Horse

23 May 2022

582: They Travel in Flocks

1 June 2022

583 A Grounded Hog

19 June 2022

584: The Dog Delusion

25 June 2022

585: Leopardcy Masks

7 July 2022

586: Drowing in Milk

9 July 2022

587: Candy Floss Ration

13 July 2022

588: The Laurel and Hardy Solution

22 July 2022

589: Finding the Runt

24 July 2022

590: Vets with Paws

31 July 2022

591: Auntie Nature

12 August 2022

592: The Goldilocks Approach

3 September 2022

593: Neil deGrassi High

20 September 2022

594: The Dense Life

30 September 2022

596: Constructing the Batman

11 October 2022

597: Brain Price Index

16 October 2022

598: The Control Group

25 October 2022

599: Hunger Srikes

27 October 2022

Matchstick Cats 600: Fixing Philip’s Mom

31 October 2022

Matchstick Cats 601: Two Cats Walk into a Bar

6 November 2022

Matchstick Cats 602: The Hermit

12 November 2022

603: Matchstick Cats 603: Show that Dare not Speak it’s Name

13 November 2022

Matchstick Cats 604: Exactly the Moon

20 November 2022

Matchstick Cats 605: The Nacular

17 December 2022

Matchstick Cats 606: Christmas Spectacular 2022

24 December 2022

Matchstick Cats 607: Rock, Paper, Scissors

26 December 2022

Matchstick Cats 608: Bunk Baths (Patent Pending)

11 January 2023

Matchstick Cats 609: The Pet Peeve

21 January 2023

Matchstick Cats 610: The Therapy

27 January 2023

Matchstick Cats 611: The Super-Retainer

3 February 2023

Matchstick Cats 612: Whiskers News

5 February 2023

Matchstick Cats 613: Pancake Philosophy

12 February 2023

Matchstick Cats 614: The Situation

19 February 2023

Matchstick Cats 615: The Drawing Board

3 March 2023

Matchstick Cats 616: The Angela Lansbury Question

6 March 2023

Matchstick Cats 617: Adhesivity

9 April 2023

Matchstick Cats 618: The Mistake

16 April 2023

Matchstick Cats 619: They’re Picturing us Naked

22 April 2023

Matchstick Cats 620: The Change

5 May 2023

Matchstick Cats 621: Burning Carpet

13 May 2023

Matchstick Cats 622: Russian Roulette Table

22 May 2023

Matchstick Cats 623: The Dog Anecdote

27 May 2023

Matchstick Cats 624: Our Flightless Brethren

2 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 625: The Elephant Strike

7 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 626: About the Reader

10 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 627: Why Dilbert got Cancelled

12 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 628: All Owl, All the Time

17 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 629: The Free Lunch

23 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 630: The Virus

26 June 2023

Matchstick Cats 631: William H Macey on a Drinking Straw

1 July 2023

Matchstick Cats 632: The Finishing School

10 July 2023

Matchstick Cats 633: The Down Time

16 July 2023

Matchstick Cats 634: Bidet Zombie Ghostbuster

22 July 2023

Matchstick Cats 635: How to eat your own head

29 July 2023

Matchstick Cats 636: Patreon Saint of Birds

1 August 2023

Matchstick Cats 637: Return of the Spoiler Police

7 August 2023

Matchstick Cats 638: The Curiosity

14 August 2023

Matchstick Cats 639: Divers, Climbers and Astronauts

24 August 2023

Matchstick Cats 640: The Phenomenon

3 September 2023

Matchstick Cats 641: The Yawning

4 September 2023

Matchstick Cats 642: The Brouhaha

7 September 2023

Matchstick Cats 643: Life on Death Row

11 September 2023

Matchstick Cats 644: The Ear Worm

14 December 2023

Matchstick Cats 645: Superman’s Diet

28 January 2024

Matchstick Cats 646: Naming the Shrew

9 February 2024

Matchstick Cats 647: The True Back of a Dog

18 February 2024

Matchstick Cats 648: The Other Half

10 July 2024

Matchstick Cats 649: The Bot

15 July 2024

Matchstick Cats 650: The Triggering

18 July 2024

Matchstick Cats 651: Follicle Mass

19 July 2024

Matchstick Cats 652: Planet of the Crowbars

27 July 2024

Matchstick Cats 653: Artificial Unintelligence

5 August 2024

Matchstick Cats 654: Albatross

4 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 655: Scent

5 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 656: Trust

6 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 657: Ozzie

12 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 658: How to Hide a Superman

13 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 659: Reset

15 September 2024

Matchstick Cats 660: The Roger Taylor Problem

4 October 2024

Matchstick Cats 661: Indulgence

5 October 2024

Matchstick Cats 662: Mutiny

28 October 2024

Matchstick Cats 663: Bubble

12 November 2024

Matchstick Cats 664: Mandela Effect

17 November 2024

Matchsick Cats 665: Throwing a Woke

20 November 2024

Matchstick Cats 666: The Good Point

14 December 2024

Matchstick Cats 667: Tomorrow

31 December 2024

Matchstick Cats 668: Day Trader

9 January 2025

Matchstick Cats 669: Angelus

1 February 2025

Matchstick Cats 670: Understaff

4 February 2025

Matchstick Cats 671: Improv

14 February 2025

Matchstick Cats 672: Waiting for Gomphotheriidae

28 February 2025

Matchstick Cats 673: Cat Names Thesaurus

14 March 2025

Matchstick Cats 674: Rainy Day Retort

23 March 2025

Matchstick Cats 675: The Composite Character

23 April 2025

Matchstick Cats 676: Old Habits

26 April 2025

Matchstick Cats 677: The Imaginary Friend

28 April 2025

Matchstick Cats 678: A Post Runt Society
29 April 2025

Matchstick Cats 679: Impulse
8 May 2025

Matchstick Cats 680: Type Oh
10 May 2025

Matchstick Cats 681: Clown Bathroom

23 May 2025

Matchstick Cats 682: Grand Theft Auto or Hallmark?

24 May 2025

Matchstick Cats 683: Moving Pictures
7 June 2025

Matchstick Cats 684: The Legal Hat
13 June 2025

Matchstick Cats 685: The Correction

16 June 2025

Matchstick Cats 686: Nature's Other Way
26 June 2025

Matchstick Cats 687: On The Horizon
1st July 2025

Matchstick Cats 688: Two in a Row
2nd July 2025

Matchstick Cats 689: Birthright

13th July 2025

Matchstick Cats 690: Blending In

14th July 2025

Matchstick Cats 691: The Recommendation

15th July 2025

Matchstick Cats 692: Doctor Saylittle

16th July 2025

Matchstick Cats 693: Trouble in the Cockpit
29th July 2025

Matchstick Cats 694: The Rescue
31st July 2025

Matchstick Cats 695: Evolution

2nd Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 696: Memory

8th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 697: Originality
10th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 698: Directionless
11th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 699: History
13th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 700: Social
14th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 701: Sh1thead Muppet
15th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 702: Zombie
16th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 703: Tyrants

17th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 704: You're Using Your Bicycle Incorrectly
19th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 705: Turtles All the Way Down
20th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 706: Stigma
21st Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 707: Wild

22nd Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 708: Overcompensating

23rd Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 709: Why Superman Should Be Militarised

29th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 710: Robot Speak

30th Aug 2025

Matchstick Cats 711: Playing with Fire

1st Sept 2025

Matchstick Cats 712: Disease
2nd Sept 2025

Matchstick Cats 713: The 1960s Called
3rd Sept 2025

Matchstick Cats 714: The Ryanair Castaway Safeguard

4th Sept 2025

Matchstick Cats 715: A Nice Long Think
5th Sept 2025

Matchstick Cats 716: Going South
19th Oct 2025

Matchstick Cats 717: Why Sneeze at All?

20th Oct 2025

Matchstick Cats 718: Exit Stage Floor

30th Oct 2025

Matchstick Cats 719: The Van
1st Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 720: Thumbs
3rd Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 721: Deception
4th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 722: Pain

7th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 723: Oranges

16th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 724: Unnatural
17th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 725:Checklist
18th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 726: Little Timmy
18th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 727: Any Channel

20th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 728: How to Fake Your Own Death

21st Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 729: Making the Boll**ks Believable
22nd Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 730: The Idiomat

23rd Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 731: The Spirit Animal
28th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 732: Enigma

29th Nov 2025

Matchstick Cats 733: Pseudonym

10th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 734: Ice on the Wind

11th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 735: The Crutch

12th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 736: The Errand

12th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 737: Hair from the Throne
13th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 738: A Significant Outlay

14th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 739: The Thousand Cuts Clause

15th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 740: Rear End Review

28th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 741: Firstly
29th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 742: Exactly
30th Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 743: Crowgress
31st Dec 2025

Matchstick Cats 744: Spnbo Ovnfsbmt

1st Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 745: Decipherate

2nd Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 746: Soloist

3rd Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 747: Beige Blood

6th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 748: Eternal Taxi Ride

7th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 749: Hippo Campus

8th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 750: Acadia

8th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 751: Doing it From a Helicopter

9th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 752: Film Industry Explainer

14th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 753: Green Lit

16th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 754: This is Your Cat on High Alert

16th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 755: Samaritan

18th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 756: Crossover

23rd Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 757: Animirror

28th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 758: Broken Ground

29th Jan 2026

Matchstick Cats 759: Tortoise Shell

4th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 760: Filibuster

6th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 761: Football

7th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 762: The Terminal Sequel

8th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 763: The Eyes

9th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 764: Passing it On

18th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 765: Tried, Tested

19th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 766: Prejudice

20th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 767: The Philip* Principle
21st Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 768: Invested

27th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 769: The Thirtieth Day of February
28th Feb 2026

Matchstick Cats 770: Fishy

7th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cas 771: Spot Check

8th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 772: In The Flesh

9th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 773: The Subtle Art of Impostry

11th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 774: Where Your Cat Goes at Night

12th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 775: The Great Moon Prank

13th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 776: Guilty Pleasure

19th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 777: Are You Putting Unreasonable Standards on Your Cat?
21st Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 778: American Puppet

29th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 779: Baby Hitler's House

30th Mar 2026

Matchstick Cats 780: Unsatisfactory

1st Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 781: The Letter

2nd Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 782: Overdressed

4th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 783: That Time Again

6th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 784: Choosing Your Cat's Surname

8th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 785: True Crime
10th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 786: Learning to Fly

11th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 787: Concussion

13th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 788: Walkers

15th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 789: Goldfish

17th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 790: Talking Points

19th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 791: Major Canon's Faux Pas

21st Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 792: Burnout

23rd Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 793: The Hypocrite

25th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 794: Pollen Alternatives

27th Apr 2026

Matchstick Cats 795: Helper

29th Apr 2026

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FROM THE MATCHSTICK CATS WEBSITE (MatchstickCats.com or IntoYourHead.ie )

About Matchstick Cats

Since 2003 Irish amateur humourist, sage, socially awkward cat obsessive and later cat owner Neal O’Carroll has honed the art of starting comedic writings with no idea how the first sentence will end, never mind what he will say.

From an early age (27) O’Carroll was starting sentences with “Two Cats walk into a Bar” more frequently than his peers. (Some early results a can be seen in the Writings section)

Starting in 2004 with nonsense humour column Neal’s Belch on the original NewsBurp.com* humour site, he soon adapted the method to writing simple, dialogue-heavy stick figure webcomics to accompany his writings. Originally with the short-lived Matchstick Meditations, consisting of a matchstick man talking nonsense to the camera.

By the end of the year this had evolved into Matchstick Cats, And the rest is similarly uninteresting.

By 2006, Neal was using the same method to create improvised comedy molologues on his Into Your Head podcast, which has since clocked up eight hundred episodes. The last couple of hundred are quite listenable. Meanwhile, he made an apparently disposable solemn promise to himself never to write his own “About” page in the third person.

In 2020, having not used a computer in almost four years, O’Carroll returned with a reboot of Matchstick Cats, among other things converting the cats from their origianal black outlines on a white “page” to white outlines on a black backdrop, so that he could see the frigging thing.

Matchstick Cats’ comeback inspired O’Carroll’s subsequent revival of comedy podcast Into Your Head in November 2023. Into Your Head podcast is also available on the Internet Archive. Search for "A Complete Enough Archive of Into Your Head podcast."

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